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CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... PCR 50% sensitive ... Infectious: ... #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin ... Agglutinin Syndrome (CAS ... Clinical Presentation ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... younger pts) Differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... cord lesions can ... Infarction - Infection ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
anywhere in the CNS ... to the spinal cord ... from the spinal cord ... in the spinal cord ... of the spinal cord
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... should be based on clinical ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #Infections #differential
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Hemorrhage • CNS ... Infection ... Intracranial Mass/lesion ... Syndromes - Spinal Cord
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
of the spinal cord ... that results in CNS ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... causes need to ... management #neurology #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... Spinal cord ... : Clinical findings ... Causes: 1. ... Infections: -
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Diagnosis Framework ... : Influenza, EBV ... : CHF, valves, COPD ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Diagnosis #causes
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... of the spinal cord ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology